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GASIFY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: gasified   

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Turn into gas

Example:

The substance gasified

Synonyms:

aerify; gasify; vaporise; vaporize

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "gasify" is one way to...):

change integrity (change in physical make-up)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "gasify"):

sublimate; sublime (change or cause to change directly from a solid into a vapor without first melting)

Sentence frames:

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Derivation:

gas (the state of matter distinguished from the solid and liquid states by: relatively low density and viscosity; relatively great expansion and contraction with changes in pressure and temperature; the ability to diffuse readily; and the spontaneous tendency to become distributed uniformly throughout any container)

gas (a volatile flammable mixture of hydrocarbons (hexane and heptane and octane etc.) derived from petroleum; used mainly as a fuel in internal-combustion engines)

gas (a fluid in the gaseous state having neither independent shape nor volume and being able to expand indefinitely)

gas (a fossil fuel in the gaseous state; used for cooking and heating homes)

gasification (the process of changing into gas)

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